Former San Francisco 49ers long snapper Brian Jennings won't be part of Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers, but he still managed to fire one of the stronger verbal barbs of the week at QB Cam Newton.

We'll let Jennings explain: "We got Aaron at Rodgers at quarterback, it's the Green Bay offense. You know we've got Drew Brees at quarterback. You know he's got his playbook all week, studying, making sure that he gets in there and run the plays. And we got Cam Newton all week with headphones on goofing off.

"So we go to the game and this guy starts chucking the ball all over the place and everyone is looking around like 'What's this guy doing? Is he kidding?' And the punter and i look at each other and say 'We're going to have a long second half.' We punted five times in the Pro Bowl. He went in there, stank it up, never looked at his playbook, he's chucking the ball all over the place, can't hit an open guy, so not a lot of people know this, but Cam Newton owes me $25,000."

The difference in the winning and losing share in the Pro Bowl is, of course, $25,000. Newton was 9-of-27 passing with three interceptions and two touchdowns in the contest.

Jennings added that Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula should be the coach of the year and called him a "genius," adding that Shula "turned Vince Young into a functional game manager" in reference to Newton's performance this season.